What is Ramipril?| Ramipril and High Blood Pressure | What are the side effects of taking Ramipril?

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What is Ramipril? Facts about Ramipril, high blood pressure and what a healthy salt intake looks like.

Hello viewers and welcome to Never Miss a Dose, Echo’s weekly look inside the medicine cabinet of the nation. In this series, we’ll take a look at the most commonly prescribed medicines the UK, what they’re used to treat and how best to take them. We’ll also do a demonstration at the end of each episode - it’s worth waiting for!

We’re now up to our fourth episode in our six-part series on the UK’s 6 of the most common medicines on long term repeat prescription. This week our Chief Pharmacist, Alistair Murray gives us a brief rundown on the key facts about ramipril, how it’s used to treat high blood pressure as well a demonstration on what the NHS guidelines on daily, weekly and yearly salt intake really looks like - it’s quite eye-opening. 👀👀

Today we’ll answer:
*What ramipril is
*What ramipril is most commonly used to treat
*Possible side effects of taking ramipril
*When and how to take ramipril
*What the NHS guidelines for salt look like

For more information on ramipril, including the facts on ramipril and bananas, and ramipril and alcohol, check out Alistair’s blog post here: https://www.echo.co.uk/blog/what-is-ramipril

See you next week!
Echo Pharmacy

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If you’d like more information on ramipril and high blood pressure, we always recommend checking out the NHS website:

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/ramipril/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/....high-blood-pressure-
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/....high-blood-pressure-prevention/

If you’d like to learn a little more on how to maintain a healthy weight or make some improvements to your diet, the NHS is on hand to help with a wealth of information:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/

If you’d like to learn a little more about salt and what a healthy salt intake looks like, again we recommend checking out the NHS website:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/salt-nutrition

Lastly, if you’d like to learn more about high blood pressure, we recommend checking out the British Heart Foundation:
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informa....tionsupport/risk-fac

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Who is Alistair?

Alistair Murray - MRPharmS
Chief Pharmacist- Echo Pharmacy

Alistair is a seasoned healthcare professional with over 20 years' experience working with community and digital pharmacy, third-level education and the NHS. He completed his pharmacy training at Boots and spent 15 years as a pharmacist working in community pharmacies and GP surgeries before joining the founding team of Echo in 2015. He is an honorary lecturer at UCL and the University of Nottingham, the latter where he received his masters in pharmacy.

Alistair is passionate about adherence and making sure that people are making informed choices when it comes to their health.

With a penchant for fancy dress, Alistair can also be found explaining the world of pharmacy and tweeting at https://twitter.com/murristair

Disclaimer:
This video is for informational use only and should not be used for the diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions. Echo Pharmacy has used all reasonable care in compiling the information but make no warranty as to its accuracy. Always consult your GP, a doctor or other healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

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